Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:33:25 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Squires <mikes@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com> To: Todd Cohen <cohentl@clarkson.edu> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is this device bad? Message-ID: <200104241333.f3ODXPB08809@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10104232001350.18868-100000@isis.aoc.clarkson.edu> "from Todd Cohen at Apr 23, 2001 08:04:10 pm"
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> I just bought one of those huge seagate ST410800N hard drives off I have about 20 of the ST410800WD drives here, used with Adaptec, Symbios, and DPT controllers. I would do a low level format, using the controller's low level format option (CTL-A during the boot process for Adaptec). I've always done this with a new or used disk when connected for the first time or to a different controller. This is in part superstitious behaviour learned during the early days of PC SCSI when even Adaptec controllers didn't use interchangeable low level formats. The ST4100800 series has been very reliable for me - no failures, and they clock at a respectable 5MB/sec for an old 5400 RPM drive. MLS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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